Washing-machine



N. PETERS PHOTOJJTHOGRAPNEH. WASHINGTON. D. C; l

PATENT OFFICE.

PATRICK KILLIN, OF MOUNT HEALTHY, OHIO.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 51,460, dated Decembcl`12, 1865.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK IILLIN, of Mount Healthy, Hamilton county,State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement inWashing-Machines, of which the following is a full and clear descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawii lgs and lettersmarked thereon.

My vention relates to a suspended washboard composed of a series ofrollers centrally locatedin the frame of the machine, about which passesendless bands or belts, to which are secured round bars, which pressupon the wash-board.

Figure l is a perspective view of my improved washing1nachine divestedof the tub in which it sits. Fig. 2 is a transverse section, showing thewash-board,endless belt, and drums. Fig. 3 is an elevation, in detail,showing the mechanical device for drawing in the feed-roller.

A are base-pieces, to which are secured standards B, which risevertically from near the center of base-piece A. Secured to standard Bare cross-strips l, horizontally placed about midway between the baseand top of the standards B. In the extreme ends of the strips G arejournals, which bear the drivingpulleys D, which are so corrugated upontheir faces as to receive the compressing-bars d. These bars areattached a't each end to v belts e, which are endless and pass about thewashboard E. Wash-board E is composed of rollers, which revolve betweenand are journaled in sliding frames F. These frames F move verticallyupon the inside faces of standards B, and are pressed down, so as tocome in contact with the compressing-bars l), by means of a spring, f,connecting with the exterior of the frame. A bar, g, passes transverselybetween the standards, near the top of the inachine, to which is secureda wrin ger.

Operation: The clothes to be washed are inserted between bars d, whichmay be cylindrical in form, and wash-board E, composed of revolvingrollers attached to sliding frames E. By means of a crank-handle thedrums D are made to revolve. The clothes are drawn down and under thewash-board and up about its opposite side. \Vhen the motion of thecrank-handle is reversed the clothes are drawn back. This operation iscontinued until the clothes are cleansed. Should the bulk of' clothes betoo great, the drums D yield, their journals working in slots c instrips C in opsite direction. The sliding frame F has a verticalmovement upon standards B, permitting the clothes to pass beneath thewash-board E, the spring f sufcing to keep the board well down upon theclothes. The spring c answers the purpose of keeping the crankliandle inplace, preventing too great motion to the drivin g-drum.

Having described my invention, the use and operation of its variousparts, I make the following claims:

l. The adjustable wash-board composed ot' parts E F and spring f,constructed as above described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The endless belt c, compressing-bars d, driving-drums D, constructedas shown, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The adjustable wash-board E, in arrangement with endless belte andcompressing-bars d, as described, and for the purpose set forth.

PATRICK KILLIN. Witnesses JOHN SNYDEE, W. HEUGHT.

